10.5 x 10.5”Also finished Wildflowers #15. Only one more to go before it’s time to trim the blocks and start on the sashing.
10.5 x 10
Very happy with the progress.
First it was quilts… then plants… wood furniture finishing (fascinating to watch but I don’t want to actually do it)… and now it’s… silver polishing.
Comparison halfway thru cleaning
Over the years, hubby has brought home a collection of mostly* silver-plated items from flea markets, swap meets and such. I remember silver cleaning as very labor intensive, so wasn’t real keen on fixing them up.
Until I saw a couple of reels that made it look easy! and fun!
This was in rough shape
According to experts, the easy and fun method was more likely to damage the silver than clean it, but by then I was hooked.
Trademark ‘Chippendale’ ‘6364’
A couple of evenings, a bit of elbow grease (ok, a lot of elbow grease) and voila! Look how pretty and shiny they are!
My favorite is this Chippendale Silent Butler, circa 1980.
But a close second is the filigree on this tray. So pretty. Now I’m hoping he finds more silver treasure to bring home.
* I say ‘mostly’ because 2 serving spoons in his collection turned out to be sterling silver. Score!
then headed to Descanso Gardens for a walk-about.
Temps were almost perfect -
it got a little too warm as we were leaving -
and the flowers were gorgeous as always.
We’d hoped to see tulips and other spring flowers,
but they must have bloomed earlier,
so we had to make do with lilacs, camellias and irises (irisi?).
Lilacs and iris are some of my favorites so no complaints from me.
I picked up a tiny succulent (and a kitty-shaped pot)
that Marie says is a Tiger Kalanchoe (cal-en-co-ee). So unusual!
The next Birdwatchers Project pattern comes out Thursday, so I was motivated to get one finished so I’d be (almost) caught up.
This is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, one of 2 patterns released in March. Fast, easy pattern except for that tiny black bill. I sewed and ripped and sewed again at least 8 times trying to get the edges to align. Finally accepted that this was as close as I was going to get before the fabric frayed apart. The second March pattern - Cerulean Warbler - is cut, folded, color-coded and ready to sew, hopefully tomorrow.
Also finished Wildflower #14 tonight. TV marathons are really good for getting projects done.
Here’s the first 13 blocks, in no particular order. I’ll square these up before adding a slightly different blue for sashing. Getting close to done!
and S. Carolina.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate!
Rachel is ready to do the borders on her project. I’m wondering what she’s going to work on next since we still have lots of Days until we hit 100 in June.
Wildflower #13 is done! And thanks to a new bingable tv series (Tracker) #14 is almost halfway finished too.
Donovan has started regular horse pony riding lessons at a local farm. On the first day, he called - very excited - to tell us his horse walked and then ‘ran’. “It was scary but I got used to it pretty fast.”
They also did a trail ride into the ‘jungle’, where he heard lots of birds. He looks so big on that pony! He must have grown a foot since we dropped him off.
Received pretty pics from Rachel - ‘Baby is sewing a dress. Awwwww.’ -
followed immediately by a text from Cyrus - ‘the thread is bunching! Why is the thread bunching!? Grandmaaaaaaaa help!’
Multiple texts, links to 2 articles and a few illustrations later, problem solved and dress finished. Happy Baby (and Grandma, who was thrilled to be able to help long-distance).
Leo sent pics of their first baby turkeys ⬆️ and another batch of about a dozen baby chicks.⬇️
She said one of the bigger chicks escaped its enclosure and survived a few days on the lam before deciding life was better with security and free food. It was waiting at the gate when she went out that morning with feed. 😂
